Morrissey debuts 3 new songs at U.S. tour opener, show ends in stage-invasion chaos

Morrissey returned to the road Wednesday night as his U.S. tour opened in San Jose, Calif., with a show that found the former Smiths frontman debuting three new songs off his forthcoming album World Peace Is None Of Your Business during a 20-song set that ended abruptly as Moz was forced to flee the stage as fans mobbed his band.

According to a setlist posted to morrissey-solo.com(see below), Morrissey opened the show with the Smiths classic “Hand in Glove,” then proceeded to sprinkle in a trio of new songs (“World Peace is None of Your Business,” “The Bullfighter Dies” and “Earth is the Loneliest Planet”) during the main set. (He also performed the Smiths’ “Meat is Murder” and “Asleep.”)

As you can see from the video below, however, the show ended rather abruptly during Years of Refusal’s “One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell,” as fans invaded the stage and Moz was left to flee with his band.

The tour continues tonight in Santa Ana, Calif.

Below, check out the setlist and video of the stage invasion, all three new songs and other highlights from the show. We’ll add more as it surfaces.

Setlist: Morrissey, City National Civic Auditorium, San Jose, Calif., 5/7/14

What was the Morrissey live video release from 1991 or so–it had the Your Arsenal band lineup but they weren’t playing any songs from that album yet–that ends with a stage invasion during “Everyday Is Like Sunday” and Morrissey has to drop the mic and flee? There’s significant precedent for this, is what I’m saying.

Live in Dallas. But that was 23 years ago. Moz is going to turn 55 in a couple of weeks, so you may soon be reading the story of how he had to drop the mic, flee and broke a hip in the process pretty soon!

As one of the people in the stands for the San Jose show, I can’t even begin to relay how disgusted I am about how things ended. One person on the stage is cute, and Morrissey seems to accept it more than probably any other artist, but when people start to gang up…well, it turned ugly fast, and people should know better. Extra scorn to the venue, who obviously wasn’t prepared in terms of security.

To go from a transcendent moment (“Asleep”!) to this chaos within two songs was beyond jarring, and I hope that the so-called “fans” who caused this are properly ashamed of themselves. Hopefully their stupidity doesn’t ruin the remainder of the tour for everyone else.

One day I’ll get to see a morrissey show that lasts more than 20-40 minutes. I’m sick of paying $75 for abruptly ending shows and Moz acting like a tosser, literally, tossing gifts fans hand to him back into the audience. Idiots keep off the stage!